Myotis gomantongensis

C. M. Francis & J. Edwards Hill, 1998

Gomantong Myotis

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Myotinae
Genus : Myotis
Subgenus : Myotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Francis, C.M. and Hill, J.E. 1998. New records and a new species of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Malaysia. Mammalia 62(2):241-252.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1998.62.2.241

Original name as described

Myotis gomantongensis

Other common names

Gomantong Bat

Type material

ROM:MAM:107811

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-107811

Type locality

"Gomantong Caves, 5°31'N, 118°04'E," Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005411

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Myotis gomantongensis

C. M. Francis & J. Edwards Hill, 1998

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gomantongensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:107811

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-107811

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40035/22060096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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